Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-06-18
Fires and Casualtiee.

-Four little children were burned to death
Wednesday with the dwelling of A. Brown
at Bedford Ont.
8 Turnbulrs white lead factory in Newton,
Long Island, was burned Monday night.
Loss, $4,000.
The saw mill and lumber yard of Beach
& Warrick, at Oshkosh, burned on the 18th
Loss 1000.
lightning struck the rock house of the
Quincy mine at Ishpeming, Mich, and the
fire resulting destroyed property to the ex
tent of $4,000.
John George, a Frenchman, slept in a
barn in Sandusky, o. The barn was de
stroyed by fire and George burned to death.
He was laborer
Three hundred mules were cremated on
the 18th by the burning of Street car sta
bles at st. Louis, Mo-, and six horses burned
by the destruction Of the stables of a
brewry firm in that city.
By the fall Of rock in Mill Creek colliery at
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Tuesday morning, Peter
Ceimmer, and Simon Charmesky were
killed ana Michael Fisher and John Badosky
severity injured, the former so badly that
recovery is impossible.
Saturday evening, as three men were
coming up in skip in the Huron mine at
Houghton, Mich, when another attempted
to get IN the skip, tnrned it backward. and
all four were hurled to the bottom of the
shaft. All were instantly killed. They
were horribly mutilated.
Five men were killed Monday by the ex-
plosion Of a dynamite cartridge few miles
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the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railway Com
pany, where most of the employees are con-
vlcts However, the company of late has
been employing English miners, and it is
said these were the victims of the explosion
The Havemer Sugar Refining company's
sugar houses, at Green Point, Long Island,
covering half an acre of ground and six,
eight and ten stories high, containing
$4,000 barrels of refined sugar and 100000
gallons of liquid and valuable machinery
were destroyed by fire on the / 18th, involving
loss OF ST, 600. The fire originated from
overheated liquor i'll the liquor room on the
fourth floor.
The First National Bank building at Pitts
burg, Pa, five story iron structure, was
partially destroyed by fire Friday morning.
The upper floors we're occupied by the main
office OF the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany as operating and battery rooms The
fire started in the operating room, caused it
is supposed by the crossing of wires behind
the swltch-boards. Before the fire was sub
dued the three upper floors were destroyed.
The telephone exchange on the third floor
shared the same fate as the telegraph COM
pany, their wires being destroyed The
| direct loss OF the Westesn Union company
alone by the destruction of wires and
machinery is not less than S35, 0OO To this
must be added heavy consequential
damages on account of the delay in general
business as Pittsburg was the principal re-
peating station between New York and
Chicago. The direct loss OF the telephone
company was placed by some good Judges
at from sis, 900 to $4,000. The consequential
damage to this company will also be heavy
as its business must be entirely suspended
for several days The loss to the First
National bank on account of the damage to
the building will be about s15,OOO The
whole direct loss closely approaches 100000
and the indirect loss will be equal and may
greatly exceed that sum.